Plural of skunk
regular plural
The plural of skunk is skunks.
Forms of skunk
| Singular | skunk /skʌŋk/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | skunks /skʌŋks/ |
| Countable | countable |
Skunks in a sentence
- In the early 1980s, certain ex-punks joined them, becoming 'skunks' – a hybrid subculture of skinheads and punks.2006, Pam Nilan, Carles Feixa, Global Youth?: Hybrid Identities, Plural Worlds, page 192
- Skunks are the worst stinkers in the animal kingdom.From the entry stinker
- Raccoons, skunks, snakes, cats, and foxes are mesopredators.From the entry mesopredator
- When inquiring of people, ask about "civets", for spotted skunks are often mistakenly known as civets.2008, Charles A. Long, The Wild Mammals of Wisconsin, Pensoft, page 410. From the entry civet
- We trapped the skunks or simply collected them as they foraged at night.1999, Donald B. Sparrow, Growing up on Cape Cod: Four Brothers Learning to Stand Tall, Eastham, Massachusetts: Great Oaks Publishing…. From the entry skunker
Meaning of skunk
- noun Any of various mammals of the subfamily Mephitinae, native to North and Central America, having a glossy black coat with white markings and two musk glands at the base of the tail for emitting a noxious smell as a defensive measure.
- noun A despicable person.
- noun Anything very bad; a stinker.
Questions about the plural of skunk
- What is the plural of skunk?
- The plural of skunk is skunks.
- Is skunk countable?
- Skunk is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: skunk (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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